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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Norman
Maternal Family Tree: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 1030-1089
Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu was created Countess Aumale.
Around 1030 Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu was born to Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy (age 29).
On 3rd July 1035 [her father] Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy (age 35) died at Nicaea. His son [her illegitimate half-brother] William (age 7) succeeded II Duke Normandy.
Before 1049 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 8) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux, Countess Champagne. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 1049 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Hugh Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1049 [her husband] Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu was excommunicated for his marriage Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 19) being consanguineous during the Council of Reims.
Around 1050 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 20) were divorced.
Around 1053 Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 37) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were fifth cousins.
On 25th October 1053 [her former husband] Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu died. His uncle Guy (age 26) succeeded I Count Ponthieu.
Around 1054 [her daughter] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon was born to [her husband] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 38) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 24).
In 1054 [her husband] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 38) died at Lille during the Battle of Lille when fighting for Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 41).
After 1066 [her husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 26) was created 1st Earl Holderness Feudal. There is some confusion around this creation. His wife, Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 36) may have been created Countess of Holderness with Odo holding it by right of his wife.
In 1070 [her son-in-law] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and [her daughter] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon (age 16) were married. She by marriage Earldorman Northumbria, Countess Huntingdon. She, Judith, a niece of [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 42). She the daughter of [her former husband] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 40). He the son of Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria and Aelfflaed Northumbria.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 1070 [her son] Stephen Blois Count Aumale was born to [her husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 30) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 40).
After 1086 [her daughter] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon (deceased) died.
Before 1090 Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 59) died. Her son [her son] Stephen (age 19) succeeded Count Aumale.
In 1115 [her former husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 75) died. His son [her son] Stephen (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Holderness Feudal.
[her daughter] Adelaide Ponthieu was born to Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu.
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Longsword" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sprota Unknown
GrandFather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Unknown Unknown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu
Father: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan "Great" I King Brittany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pascweten Vannes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Judicael Berengar Penthièvre I Count Rennes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
GrandMother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adele Vermandois Countess Anjou
Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu